Globalizing international human resource management / edited by Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner.

"First published in 2008. Transferred to Digital Printing 2009."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: globalizing international human resource management / Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner -- International human resource management: a North American perspective, a thematic update and suggestions for future research / Randall S. Schuler and Ibraiz Tarique -- Human resource management with 'Asian' characteristics: a hybrid people-management system in East Asia / Ying Zhu, Malcolm Warner, and Chris Rowley -- Comparative HRM: European views and perspectives / Chris Brewster -- Vertical integration of corporate management in international firms: implementation of HRM and the asset specificities of firms in China / Yanni Yan, John Child, and Chan Yan Chong -- What drives adoption of innovative SHRM practices in Indian organizations? / Ashok Som -- Building flexibility into multi-national human resource strategy: a study of four South African multi-national enterprises / Albert Wöcke, Mike Bendixen, and Rasoava Rijamampianina -- Globalization of HR at function level: four UK-based case studies of the international recruitment and selection process / Paul R. Sparrow -- The human resource challenge to outward foreign direct investment aspirations from emerging economies: the case of China / Rosalie L. Tung -- The prospect for gender diversity in Japanese employment / John Benson, Masae Yuasa, and Philippe Debroux -- The impact of culture of HRM styles and firm performance: evidence from Japanese parents, Japanese subsidiaries/joint ventures and South Asian local companies / M. Khasro Miah and Allan Bird -- Introducing the impact of technology: a 'neo-contingency' HRM Anglo-French comparison / Jacobo Ramirez and Marianela Fornerino.